 The fore-legs had the same parts and conformation as the arms of a man, both within and without. The hands, if they may be. so called, had five fingers; the two last of which had no nails, and were of a conical figure. The hinder legs, including the thigh...  The General Genteel Preceptor - Page 314by Francis Fitzgerald - 1797Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Ward - 1776 - 410 pages
...they are entitled to that appellation, had five fingers ; the two laft of which had no nails, and were of a conical figure. The hinder legs, including the thigh and paw, Were two feet two inches longj the pawSj from the joint to the extre* mity of the longeft claws, were... | |
 | Francis Fitzgerald - 1787 - 768 pages
...tail exceeds five feet; the head and neck near three feet; the circumference five feet. The fore legs refemble the arms of a man, both within and without;...thofe of a duck, but much thicker. The head is long, at the top a little rifing, the reft flat, efpecially towards the extremity of the jaws, covered by... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 498 pages
...The hands, if they may be so called, had five fingers; the two last of which had no nails, and were of a conical figure. The hinder legs, . including the thigh and paw, were two feet two inches long; the paws, from the joint to the extremity of the longest claws, were... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 510 pages
...The hands, if they may be so called, had five fingers, the two last of which had no nails, and were of a conical figure. The hinder legs, including the thigh and paw, were two feet two inches long; the paws, from the joint to the extremity of the longest claws, were... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 358 pages
...The hands, if they may be so called, had five fingers ; the two last of which had no nails, and were of a conical figure. The hinder legs, including the thigh and paw, were two feet two inches long ; the paws, from the joint to the extremity of the longest claws, were... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 616 pages
...The hands, if they may be. so called, had five fingers; the two last of which had no nails, and were of a conical figure. The hinder legs, including the thigh and paw, were two feet two inches long; the paws, from the joint to the extremity of the longest claws, were... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 pages
...The hands, if they may be so called, had five fingers ; the two last of which had no nails, and were of a conical figure. The hinder legs, including the thigh and paw, were two feet two inches long ; the paws, from the joint to the extremity of the longest claws, were... | |
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